SEN. ADEOLA GIVES N50M CASH PALLIATIVE TO CONSTITUENTS ON COVID-19

As the COVID-19 lockdown in Lagos State continues, Senator Solomon Adeola (APC) the chairman of Senate Committee on Finance representing Lagos West, the largest Senatorial District in Nigeria in terms of population, has donated the sum of N50million for distribution among constituents as part of relief measures, Thecitypulsenews reports

In a statement announcing the donation to be distributed across the 10 Local Government Areas and 18 Local Council Development Areas of the District, Senator Adeolastated that the gesture is to complement the effort of Lagos State Government under Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in ameliorating the hardship and inconveniences of the COVID- 19 Lockdown of the State adding that as much as possible Lagosians should abide by all precautionary measures rolled out by government to contain and eliminate the Coronavirus particularly social distancing .

“In addition to all measures taken by the National Assembly as donation and palliative towards the fight against COVID-19, I deem it fit to go a step further in view of the huge population of the District and the many poor and vulnerable constituents . I urge constituents to see the donation as my contribution to lessen the inconveniences of the lockdown with a view to return of normalcy soon” he stated.

The Senator set up a Six Member Committee across each LGA and LCDAs to identify and implement the cash disbursement targeted at the first instance on 15,000 vulnerable individuals, families and groups with beneficiaries getting sums ranging from a minimum of #2,500 and a maximum of #250,000 for groups based on needs.

Senator Adeola restated his view that the ugly incident of COVID-19 and it trajectory in Nigeria has further reinforced the call on the Federal Government to grant Lagos State a special status and funding in view of its population stressing that such gesture is ultimately in the national Interest as the fight against COVID-19 is showing clearly.